Jeremie Vaneeckhout (; born 4 June 1985) is a Belgian politician and co-president of

Groen Groen or de Groen is a surname of Dutch people, Dutch origin, meaning ''green''.Nadia Naji Nadia Naji (born 2 February 1992) is a Belgian politician and co-president of Groen together with Jeremie Vaneeckhout. Naji is of a Moroccan family. Before entering politics, she worked from 2017 to 2020 as a journalist for ''BRUZZ''. From Jan ...

. Vaneeckhout started his political career as a staffer at Groen. First as a local organizer, afterwards as a staff member for representative

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. He stood as a candidate in the

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and

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in his home town

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, and was elected both times to the town council. Between 2013 and his election as a Member of the

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in 2019, he was a

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in Anzegem. In 2014 he was elected deputy party chair of Groen, alongside party chair Meyrem Almaci, with 60 percent of the votes cast by party members. He was succeeded as deputy party chair by

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in 2019. In the

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Vaneeckhout was the main candidate in the West Flanders constituency for Groen. He was elected a Member of the

with 7387

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. In

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he was re-elected for a second term with 7903 preference votes. On 11 June 2022 he was elected party co-president of Groen, together with

Nadia Naji Nadia Naji (born 2 February 1992) is a Belgian politician and co-president of Groen together with Jeremie Vaneeckhout. Naji is of a Moroccan family. Before entering politics, she worked from 2017 to 2020 as a journalist for ''BRUZZ''. From Jan ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaneeckhout, Jeremie Members of the Flemish Parliament 1985 births Living people Groen (political party) politicians People from Anzegem 21st-century Belgian politicians

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